Two fighter suspensions had been issued through the newest Nevada Athletic Fee assembly.
Bellator light-weight Jay Jay Wilson and UFC ladies’s bantamweight Irina Alekseeva each obtained suspensions for failed drug assessments, the NAC introduced Tuesday.
Wilson (10-1) examined constructive for metenolone, an androgen and anabolic steroid prohibited on the World Anti-Doping Company record, in a urine pattern collected April 1 previous to his then-scheduled bout in opposition to Adam Piccolotti at 2024 PFL 2.
He was given a nine-month suspension retroactive to the date of the failed drug check and shall be eligible to compete on Jan. 1, 2025. Wilson may also should pay $157 in prosecution charges.
Alekseeva (5-1, 1-1 UFC) was given a 12-month suspension after testing constructive for elevated testosterone, indicating exogenous administration, from a urine pattern collected on June 21, 2023.
The suspension is retroactive to when she was notified concerning the failure, which got here after a loss to Melissa Millins on Oct. 14, 2023 at a UFC Battle Night time occasion. She’ll be eligible to compete once more Oct. 15. On prime of the suspension, Alekseeva was fined $157.
In keeping with the UFC, former anti-doping accomplice U.S. Anti-Doping Company dealt with Alekseeva’s drug check in an “unacceptable” method that resulted in layers of confusion.
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